Measuring the Urban Environment for Health Sustainable Healthy Urban Environments (SHUE) workshop hosted by London School of Hygeine & Tropical Medicine and University College London – London, UK Apr. 22, 2015

Fredrick K. Bell Memorial Fellowship (2006) Awarded to the outstanding first-year master’s student by the Georgia Tech School of City & Regional Planning

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Sponsored Research

Survey of Wisconsin Family Medicine Doctors’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on the Health Impacts of Severe Weather and Climate. Wisconsin Division of Human Services, Department of Publice Health 5/1/15-5/1/16 PI: Jason Vargo The grant opportunity funding by the CDC’s Building Resilience Against Climate Effect (BRACE) Program surveyed physicians across Wisconsin on their knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to climate change and its potential health effects.

Measuring the role of the Built Environment as an Effect Modifier of Climate Change and Mortality in U.S. CitiesIntramural Funding for Climate Change Capacity Building, Research, and Public Health Action Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 10/01/09-09/30/11
PI: Tegan Boehmer, Brian Stone
This grant examined the influence of urban form on the association between mortality rate from metropolitan regions in the last 50 years with extreme heat and ozone. Role: research assistant

Study of Employee Quality of Life Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-2009
PI: Karen Glanz
The study examined the role of the built environment on physical activity habits and overall health for employees moving to a new Smart Growth development in Atlanta. Role: research assistant

In Preparation

Integrating Health Co-Benefits into Transportation Planning Across the United States National Institutes of Health R-01 PI: Jonathan Patz This grants aims to create an adaptive model of evaluating the health impacts of transportation decisions, that is applicable for regions across the nation. Role: Co-investigator